DHL forced to close hub after Tesco ends contract

Following the announcement that the supermarket chain Tesco is to end its contract with the DHL Fastway operation at Daventry; DHL is being forced to close the site with the loss of 150 jobs.

Following the announcement that the supermarket chain Tesco is to end its contract with the DHL Fastway operation at Daventry; DHL is being forced to close the site with the loss of 150 jobs.

Tesco said the Crick site near the Daventry Rail Freight Terminal, lacked the capacity needed and had decided to end the contract. Operations at the site which served as a 24/7 frozen food distribution centre will end on the 27 March. A further 150 workers are to be deployed elsewhere.

The site became operational in the 1990s and boasted advanced voice picking and radio frequency (RF) processes. Tesco said the decision to end the contract was no reflection on DHL’s ability but followed a review of its entire distribution network.